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Al Story
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February 14, 2017
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Can no longer find adobe pdf 8.0 printer driver

  • February 14, 2017
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I bought a Fujitsu scanner and it came with Adobe Acrobat 8.0.  I use a MacBook Pro with oS Sierra 10.12.3.

Normally, I scan documents to Evernote in PDF and, in the past, I could just select a scanned document and plug into a printer (I have tried two different HP printers) and print it whenever I wanted with no problem.  Then, in the last month, I somehow lost the Adobe PDF 8.0 printer driver and I cannot find where to get an update.   I can (painfully) work a bypass to this printing problem by either converting the document to .docx or copy/paste some documents to Google Docs.  I can also print using Apple's preview.  I still have the original Adobe Acrobat Pro 8.0 disc and have tried running it to replace the previous program with a new install - no luck.  I am wondering if this is Adobe's way of forcing me to subscribe to the new Adobe Acrobat? 

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Correct answer kglad

that acrobat version isn't compatible with sierra so you can expect problems.  if printing is the only one, you're fortunate.

the compatibility problems are caused by apple failing to create newer os'es compatible with older software (including adobe's), and not caused by adobe anticipating newer os'es and designing their older software to be incompatible.

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try67
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 15, 2017

Beyond the compatibility issues, there's no longer an Adobe PDF printer on Mac computers, since Apple doesn't allow virtual printers.

kglad
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kgladCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
February 14, 2017

that acrobat version isn't compatible with sierra so you can expect problems.  if printing is the only one, you're fortunate.

the compatibility problems are caused by apple failing to create newer os'es compatible with older software (including adobe's), and not caused by adobe anticipating newer os'es and designing their older software to be incompatible.

Al Story
Al StoryAuthor
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February 15, 2017

Thank you for the response....that makes total sense.

kglad
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Community Expert
February 15, 2017

you're welcome.